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Proarcestes gaytani

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arcestidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites gaytani was named by Klipstein (1843). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Gaytan coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Arcestes gaytani by von Mojsisovics (1875) and von Mojsisovics (1882); it was recombined as Proarcestes gaytani by von Mojsisovics (1902), Astakhova (1968) and Astakhova (1971).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Ammonites gaytani Klipstein p. 110 figs. Pl 5, figs 4a-c
1875Arcestes gaytani von Mojsisovics p. 100 figs. Pl 58, figs 1-3
1882Arcestes gaytani von Mojsisovics
1902Proarcestes gaytani von Mojsisovics p. 259
1968Proarcestes gaytani Astakhova p. 84 figs. Pl, fig 3
1971Proarcestes gaytani Astakhova p. 75 figs. Pl 10, fig 3; pl 11, fig 3; pl 12, figs 2,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyArcestoidea(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyArcestidaeMojsisovics 1875
genusProarcestesMojsisovic 1893
speciesgaytani()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Proarcestes gaytani Klipstein 1843
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Diagnosis
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